preproc/ft_preproc_rectify.m

function [dat] = ft_preproc_rectify(dat)

% FT_PREPROC_RECTIFY rectifies the data, i.e. converts all samples with a
% negative value into the similar magnitude positive value
%
% Use as
%   [dat] = ft_preproc_rectify(dat)
% where
%   dat        data matrix (Nchans X Ntime)
%
% If the data contains NaNs, these are ignored for the computation, but
% retained in the output.
%
% See also PREPROC

% Copyright (C) 2008, Robert Oostenveld
%
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% $Id$

dat = abs(dat);